The magazine list of trends that reshaped restaurants and food this past year

I’m just catching up with life over here as we kick off 2019, but back in December our friend Robin Selden was featured in Forbes, and I thought this was worthy of a share. Selden, Managing Partner & Executive Chef at Marcia Selden Catering & Event Planning shares her thoughts on top trends that reshaped restaurants and food in 2018.

In addition to Selden, the author consulted several other prestigious culinary experts to narrow down the list, among them Izabela Wojcik, with the James Beard Foundation; Chef Robin Selden; Linda Burum, a well-known food writer; and Bret Thorn, with Nation’s Restaurant News. They whittled their original list of 55 ideas down to just 11.

Some of this year’s trends key off of previous years’, such as the emphasis on vegetarian cooking and sustainability. Others seem pulled from news headlines, from the Year of the Woman to cannabis cooking. 2018 may also turn out to be the year when fine dining definitively got more casual and wine lists more affordable.